This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Ezra Glinter June 12, 2011
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Eitan Kensky looks at portrayals of Hasidim in contemporary films and television.
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Philologos compares and contrasts the recent speeches of Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama.
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Jenna Weissman Joselit follows the Jewish trek from city to suburbia.
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Leonard Kriegel reflects on Hank Greenberg, a reluctant Jewish hero.
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Benjamin Ivry appreciates the life-long work of French-Jewish publisher and historian Pierre Nora.
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